Marion High School is a high school located in the growing city of Marion, Illinois, serving the Marion Unit 2 School District. The school's enrollment was approximately 1,125 students in the 2013âÂÂ2014 school year. Marion Unit #2 School District built a new high school on the same property which was finished in 2017
In addition to Marion it serves Creal Springs and Pittsburg.
In 2017 Marion Unit #2 opened a new 330,000 square foot, state-of-the-art high school utilizing geothermal heating. The new campus accommodates 21st-century learning with a science and technology (STEM) lab, a performing and visual arts center, a technical and vocational education center including learning labs in culinary arts, agricultural science, building trades, and automotive repair. The new facility includes a new health education center with an indoor track, multiple courts, a dance rehearsal area, and a fitness center. The educational wing accommodates a wide variety of honors, advanced placement, capstone vocational courses, and college dual credit opportunities to prepare students for the workplace and higher education.
In 2015 the students began using Chromebooks. Marion Unit #2 became a Google for Education School District. In August 2020, each K-12 student received a Chromebook to engage with digital learning tools and experiences.